UN INTERNSHIP AVAILABLE

[Guest guest]

THE OFFICE OF 3HO NGO

 

Sat Nam!

 

Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Divine,

 

I respectfully write to inform you of an Internship that is available

with Professor Krishna Ahoojapatel, UN Representative for Women's

International League for Peace and Freedom, NGO in General

Consultative Status with ECOSOC of the United Nations (www.wilpf.ch)

The Internship is available from 9th August - 9th September or any

part thereof (minimum two weeks). Professor Ahoojapatel is Professor

of International Relations at St Mary's University, Halifax, Canada,

teaching United Nations and Development, Gender and Development.

Professor Ahoojapatel is also the Chair of the NGO Committee on the

Status of Women, Geneva, and one of the most respected members of

the NGO community in both New York and Geneva. It is a great

privilege to intern with her.

 

The Internship involves working directly with Professor Ahoojapatel

on finalising the NGO Committee on Status of Women, Geneva, Study

Paper on " Gender Equality: Tracing the Transition from the Commission

on Human Rights to the Human Rights Council " .

 

The 6th Session of the Human Rights Council is scheduled September

10th - 16th.

 

Gurushabd Kaur Khalsa, second year undergraduate student at

University of Toronto, Canada, majoring in International Relations

and Environmental Studies has been interning with the Office of 3HO

NGO in Geneva since June 12th and has attended the 5th Session of the

Human Rights Council, the Civil Society Development Forum and the

ECOSOC Substantive Session (until end July). She is presently working

on her Presentation at the Workshop sponsored by 3HO Foundation at

the Annual DPI/NGO Conference in September in New York " Spiritual

Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability " as well as a

Research Paper for the NGO Committee on Status of Women Working Group

on the Girl Child " Early Marriage " . She will be attending the

Utrecht University Summer School Course on Peace, Human Rights and

Justice for two weeks in August before returning to Canada.

 

For further information please contact the Office of 3HO NGO at

NGO

 

Humbly in service,

Deva Kaur